In the anime, he is 100% cliche. Mysterious, pretty man who gives strange hints to the protagonist. Then we learn he's the biggest hero from the past who saved everyone. Wow, coulda never guessed that one!...

But in the manga... you learn some things about him that make you want to throw the book across the room. But you don't do that, so you can keep reading. It may take a number of volumes to get here, but it's totally worth it. The series gets better and better every volume, and I am still not sure of how I feel about Jack.

Meruem from Hunter X Hunter. Imagine if Cell took over a 3rd world dictatorship, kicked everyone's butt, and then

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realizes that people don't deserve to die just because they're weak and that his dreams of world conquest were empty bravado. He then turns his back on the world and lives out the rest of his days playing chess.

Well, for me, just about the most unique character that comes to mind is Claire Stanfield of Baccano.

I know I'm I the minority, but I absolutely loath that character.

He isn't so much unique or cliche as he is informed Martin Sue. The author used him very well, but he served that role and is now a retired side character.

I much prefer Ladd Russo, whose loss only compounded his character superiority with the addition of some much needed humanity. Hell, Ladd is a hell of a unique character himself.

Just...of all the characters in Durarasa and Baccano, Claire Stanfield is the laziest and most insultingly bad character among them.

My siblings agreed right off the bat, but we're in the minority with this. Oddly, of Claire was Black, I'd love the hell out of him.

I listed who I consider the most unique character that I've seen, and Claire's solipsist idealogy and conductor hobby puts him over the bar, in my book. As for Ladd... Although he's my favorite character in the show, I've seen and read about too many characters with comparable dispositions to rate his strangeness over Claire's.

In the anime, he is 100% cliche. Mysterious, pretty man who gives strange hints to the protagonist. Then we learn he's the biggest hero from the past who saved everyone. Wow, coulda never guessed that one!...

But in the manga... you learn some things about him that make you want to throw the book across the room. But you don't do that, so you can keep reading. It may take a number of volumes to get here, but it's totally worth it. The series gets better and better every volume, and I am still not sure of how I feel about Jack.

lol ikr, manga suddenly took a WOAH twist on me there lol I think another non-cliche character for me would be Sora from No game no life, at least for me, was the first time I saw someone who doesn't care if he main character as long as he wins at least that how i view him